Missionary Minds

Late last year, Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera vowed to crack down on the corruption and bribery so common in his nation. Chakwera took office in 2020 after becoming the first African opposition leader to defeat an incumbent in a return of a fraudulent election.

Listen as Seth Meyers recounts the traumatic event in which his family suffered at the hands of criminals whilst in the mission field.

Recent presidential elections in Zimbabwe have once again been encumbered by accusations of blatant and gigantic fraud. The official polls have declared Emmerson Mnangagwa the winner, making him president for another five years. This will be his second term in office... In 1980, Zimbabwe gained independence and changed its name from Rhodesia. Since that time, the ZANU-PF political party has kept a stranglehold on Zimbabwean politics. The party has remained in control for all 43 years of its independence and has had only two leaders—Robert Mugabe and Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Learn about missionaries who are striving for Christ against discouraging challenges.

A recent article in the Guardian tells of a gynaecologist in Benin and the journey that led her to push for abortion rights in her country. As the story goes, a young pregnant lady had come to her for the abortion of her unwanted baby. At the time, most abortions were illegal in the country of Benin, so the young gynaecologist urged the girl to keep the baby. Some days later the doctor saw the young girl again and discovered that she had performed a secret abortion, most likely through pills or bleach or some other “unimaginable and inhumane method”. Not only was the baby dead. The mother was near death herself.

If there was less crime, security guards would lose their jobs. Without significant theft, steel manufacturers and welders would have no work because citizens would have no need for burglar bars on their doors and windows. The profits of businesses that sell razor wire, security cameras, stun guns, and padlocks would plummet. Brick masons who build security walls would lose their livelihoods. Couldn’t we then say that crime is beneficial at least in creating jobs? Couldn’t we say crime brings financial good to a country?

Learn about the missionary journey of Micah Colbert and the intricacies of his decision to leave the mission field.

Earlier this month in Nigeria, a 27-year-old man was shot and killed after taking a specially concocted potion he believed would make him invincible to bullet wounds. According to the Daily Post in Nigeria, the man was testing a traditional experiment prepared by an indigenous doctor. He told his friend to take hold of the gun, take aim and shoot. His friend complied. After his companion pulled the trigger, the victim collapsed immediately and the shooter fled.

They say the limited resources that Africa has should be devoted to developing technologies and finding solutions for the patterns we observe in the climate. They presumptuously attribute many of the deaths from natural disasters and much of the poverty to climate change and prophesy that it will only get worse. This fear-mongering is meant to divert the people of Africa away from rational thinking and scientific reasoning.

Get to know about Seth Meyers, missionary to the Tsongas of Limpopo, South Africa.